Improvement in furnace for heating soldering-irons



W. HATCH.

. soldering lron Heater." No. 83,629. m Patented Nov. 3, 1868.

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IMPROVEMENT IN FURNACE FOR HEATING SOLDERING-IRONS.

The Schedule referred 'to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that l, 'Wlinxnn HATCH, of the town of Plainh'eld, in 'Will county, and State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Furnace for Heating Soldering- Irons; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, iii which- Figure 1 represents a lon gitudiual section ofthe same.

The object of the invention is to at once furnish a safe, effective, and convenient furnace for the purpose, as well as to save the consumption of fuel, the construction and operation of which I will now proceed to explain. a

The furnace is constructed of metal that will resist the action of the fire, and-is divided into three distinct and separate sections, viz, (6, the fuel-chamber or receptacle, 'b, the fire-box, and c, the a-sl'i-box. "i is a hearth, through the door ofwhich the irons to be heated are laid upon the grate c. This vhearth has a door, a, which closes as soon as the irons are taken out, thus preventing coals and sparks from falling out.

The chief novelty consists in an arrangement by which the quantity of fuel to be let into the tire-box is regulated. having a slide, or. By pulling up the slide, any desired amount of fuel-may be let into the fire-box, which prevents the whole mass of fuel from becoming ignited, as in ordinary tinuers furnaces. 0 re n-esents a circu- This is done by means of the throat (1,

larpartition around the fire-grate, which is partially covered by the lid s This circular partition serves the double purpose of a protection to the outer Walls of the furnace and to regulate the direction of the draught. It will be readily seen that bynieans of the lid s, covering the aperture in the rear of thethroat (Z, the draught is brought forward, and passes over the partition 0, in the direction shown by the arrows,

.therebvmorc e( uallv distrilmtin the fire over the grate-surface. The section 0 is used as an ash-box, and lets in the draught through the door r.

Having thus described my invention, \Vhat I claim as new in my invention, is as follows, to wit:

I Claims. 1. The combination of the fuel-chamber a with the throat (I and slide 111-, when applied to a furnace for heating soldering-irons, all constructed and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The throat (I and slide m, in combination with the fire-box b, when constructed with a circular-partition, 0, and lid s, all arranged and operating as and for the purposes set forth.

Witnesses:

THos. H. HU'rcn'ms, QLIN 'l. POTTER.

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